IARU HF World Championship
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: SO CW LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 8.5
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Mults
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160: 2 0 2
80: 33 0 6
40: 57 0 5
20: 86 0 16
15: 3 0 2
10:
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Total: 181 0 31 Total Score = 17,019
Club:
Comments:
Conditions not very good, and the score was way down from 2002 (235 Qs and 61500
points), but I had a great time and even had my best run ever -- including a
4-QSO per minute episode, which really made my day. Didn't hear very many HQ
stations, although others seem to have worked a pile of them.
Felt like I put in more time than the 8.5 hours recorded by the software, but I
trust the clock better than my rough estimates of time on. It was tough to stick
to the radio when every band seemed dead as a post on Saturday morning and early
afternoon.
Used N1MM for the first time in a contest, and found it a great tool. Not a
single problem. Without it, I don't think I'd have been able to handle the few
brief bursts of rapid activity -- had the 10 minute rate at 125 for a while
there on 40m. For a guy conditioned to handle an average of one QSO every three
or four minutes, it was a blast!
As always, I'm already looking forward to the next one.
Thanks for the contacts, and especially to those who braved the QRN to pull out
my 100w signal.
73,
Bud, VA7ST (VE7ASK)
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